How to Use cabochon in a Sentence
cabochon
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An amethyst cabochon sits in beautiful contrast on the crown.
— Nancy Olson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Where are the Schlumberger bangles and the Paloma cabochons?
— Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Among the 60 new creations on view is a cabochon ring nestled in a bed of baguettes and bracelet whose rubies and diamonds are laid out as a labyrinth.
— Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2019 -
The watch is finished with a green tsavorite cabochon-cut crown and green alligator strap.
— Roberta Naas, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 -
The other is paved with 1,060 emeralds and completed with two ruby cabochon eyes.
— Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023 -
Inset geode halves, turquoise cabochons along with seed beads of black, blue, turquoise, white and gray fill the contours of an otherwise ghostly type figure - the hollow skull of a longhorn bull’s head.
— Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2017 -
More wearable, perhaps, is a pendant in 14-karat yellow gold, topped with a round cabochon amethyst and ending in 19 pave-set full-cut round diamonds.
— Fortune, 17 May 2018 -
The 32 mm Cartier model, pictured on Glover in a suave 18-karat yellow gold, features a sapphire cabochon and a gold sunray dial.
— Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Her first panther jewel—a gold and enamel panther brooch set with a cabochon emerald—was crafted for the Duchess of Windsor, Wallace Simpson, in 1948.
— Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023 -
The range is by Wolf, the pendants are by Circa Lighting, the custom island has a Calacatta marble top, and the flooring is limestone with black-marble cabochons.
— Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 11 Oct. 2017 -
Perched atop the expansive hood, the Spirit of Ecstasy ornament sprouts out of amethyst cabochons, a term for when a gem is polished into a rounded form instead of faceted like the gems on many wedding rings.
— Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023 -
Queen Máxima also wore emerald earrings and the emerald parure brooch from the emerald parure, worn as a pendant on a diamond necklace and capped with the large cabochon emerald pendant.
— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019 -
The standout features are dials decorated with Roman numerals cut directly in jasper, jade, and dumortierite, to match the colors of the cabochons on the winding crowns.
— Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Meanwhile the Parhelia ring is centered with a 21.51-carat sapphire cabochon surrounded by five semi-circles of radiant diamonds that fan out from each side of the center stone.
— Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 27 June 2021 -
The piece’s elegant white dial provides an elegant contrast to the lacquered burgundy case (a first for the brand), alongside silver Roman numerals and a beaded crown set with a ruby cabochon.
— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023 -
Gucci Necklace with cabochon and crystal pendant, $2,250, select Gucci stores.
— James Love, Essence, 25 Oct. 2019 -
Here: the Magnitude necklace with 107-plus carats of Mozambique ruby beads mixed with cabochon rubies, watercolor tourmalines, turquoise amazonites, onyx, and diamonds.
— Vogue, 9 July 2019 -
Bergman reportedly chose Bulgari jewels to telegraph her character’s affluence, picking out a platinum-and-diamond necklace with a 70.75-carat emerald cabochon and a gold-and-diamond parure from the brand’s Via Condotti store in Rome.
— Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 26 Aug. 2019 -
Platinum flower power necklace with cabochon paraiba tourmaline center and marquis emerald,sapphire, ruby, and amethyst petals, $2,300.
— Micaela English, Town & Country, 23 Mar. 2015 -
The modern look of the jewel, and more specifically the central sapphire, is reminiscent of Elizabeth Taylor’s Bulgari diamond and platinum necklace set with a 52.72-carat sugarloaf cabochon sapphire, pictured here.
— Marion Fasel, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2017 -
The show features 42 vendors displaying mineral specimens, faceted precious and semi-precious stones along with polished cabochons, lapidary rough, fossils, and handmade and vintage jewelry.
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023 -
Colombian emeralds are paired with rock crystal; purple sapphires and garnets surround a volcanic matrix opal; rubies play with amazonite; brilliant-cut diamonds encircle a cabochon-cut rutilated quartz.
— The Editors, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2020 -
With a peach-pit-size cabochon emerald centered in a dangling frame, the necklace’s contemporary geometry is complemented by an intricate, diamond-bejeweled chain.
— T Magazine, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2017
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